Histological and immunohistological changes of the skeletal muscles in older SJL/J mice

H Nemoto, S Konno, H Nakazora, H Miura… - European …, 2007 - karger.com
H Nemoto, S Konno, H Nakazora, H Miura, T Kurihara
European Neurology, 2007karger.com
SJL/J mice have been studied as the model animals for autoimmunological diseases.
Recently it was clarified that SJL/J mice have a defect of dysferlin. Human limb girdle
muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy also have a defect of dysferlin. In this study
we present the histological and immunohistological changes in the natural course.
Histological study revealed that SJL/J mice had inflammatory, degenerative changes, and
neurogenic changes in later ages. As for interstitial inflammatory cells, the macrophages …
Abstract
SJL/J mice have been studied as the model animals for autoimmunological diseases. Recently it was clarified that SJL/J mice have a defect of dysferlin. Human limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy also have a defect of dysferlin. In this study we present the histological and immunohistological changes in the natural course. Histological study revealed that SJL/J mice had inflammatory, degenerative changes, and neurogenic changes in later ages. As for interstitial inflammatory cells, the macrophages were dominant in any age, and in the T cell subset, the CD4+ T cells were more abundant than the CD8+ T cells, and few B cells were seen. The laboratory data showed a high level of creatine kinase in all ages. It is suspected that the inflammatory changes were induced by the primary immunological abnormality or by the defect of dysferlin in SJL/J mice.
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